My Life in Umbria
In and around Italy
My trip to Italy really began about three years ago when I was looking for a college with a good study abroad program. I found Richmond and after using their resources to go to Prague, I decided that I wanted to see more of the world. Italy was calling to me. In all honesty, I can't really tell you why. Maybe it was the beautiful pictures I had seen or the language that flows from people's mouths like wine in the countryside. Whatever it was, I wanted to be a part of it.
I will be living in Perugia, Italy in the heart of the Umbria region for a little over three months. Perugia is a medieval city of about 160,000 people. It is only about 30 minutes form Assisi, a city many of you have heard of. During my time here, I plan to tackle the language barrier, learn the culture and explore a life that is much more laid back than that of America.
I will do my best to keep you updated on my many adventures and to tell you any stories that I may have to pass on. Stories are what make people who they are and in turn make all of us who we are. Please continue to share your stories with me, as I do with you.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Jordan In Italy
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3 minutes is a lifetime to me
Many of you have read my email or heard the story of my haphazard trip across the country. But to elaborate...
My plane leaving C... Continue reading »
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My new home
After arriving in Rome and fighting for our luggage we took buses to our new home in Perugia. The first night in town, everyone on the progra... Continue reading »
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Champagne for Breakfast
We landed in Paris at about 5:30 am and then had to find our way through another confusing airport. We finally figured out which direction to... Continue reading »
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A hole in the wall
The last few days in Italy have been fabulous. I have been living a life that I didn't know was possible. ... Continue reading »
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Mt. Tezio, the hike to who knows where
Friday was our first day without classes and so my friends Liz and Anna and I decided to go explore the surrounding countryside of Umbria. We... Continue reading »
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Monsoon in the Dolomites
This weekend I started out on the adventure that I had been dreaming of; my friend Liz and I were going to the Alps. We were headed for the small t... Continue reading »
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Fresh Mountain Air
The night was a little rough for Liz who actually has a terrible cough and cold; talk about being a trooper. When the morning broke the same steami... Continue reading »
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Latin class in Action
After a night out with friends I received a rude awakening at 5:20 a.m. on Friday morning. Somehow I pulled myself together and made it to the bus... Continue reading »
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Village on the Sea
The first trial on this leg of the trip was getting the bus up the hill to our hotel. While the curvy road provided gorgeous scenic views for us, t... Continue reading »
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My Pirate Island
The tour bus took us down the windy roads into Sorrento around 9 a.m. and we walked to the port from the center of town. After hanging around the p... Continue reading »
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Art of the People
This past weekend I packed up my bags Thursday night and set out on another adventure Friday morning. My friends Liz and Callie and I caught... Continue reading »
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Medieval Chairlifts
I stayed around Perugia this weekend and was lucky enough to explore a little more of Umbria. A girl in one of my class... Continue reading » -
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Mia nonni
I need to start this one with a little background, so I may digress...you know how when you are little, adults seem almost like Santa Claus? The... Continue reading » -
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A vineyard in Tuscany...the Italian dream
A few weekends ago my Food Cultures class took a field trip to a vineyard in Tuscany. We had been studying wine in class and were going to s... Continue reading »
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Eurochocolate 2006
Perhaps the only reason some of you have heard about Perugia is because of its chocolate. Or perhaps you had no idea chocolate was important... Continue reading »
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Sacre Coeur is Bull
After a week of midterms we were finally headed into fall break. This is not your typical fall break either, because my friend Liz and I wer... Continue reading »
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Neon Lights and Comfy Clothes
Leaving Paris Liz and I ran into a little trouble with our train connection. We had booked the tickets but for some reason every automatic t... Continue reading »
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Might as well be the 50's
Our train was a little late getting into Germany and so we had to layover at a tiny train station in the middle of nowhere. We went down to a... Continue reading »
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Metropolitan Madness and Glory
If you haven’t noticed, I have fully settled into the Italian lifestyle over here and have become very lax on keeping up with my blog entries.&nb... Continue reading »
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Magical MysteryTour
So I have decided that since I am so far behind in writing that I will run a brief and intense summary of the past few weekends and then write a... Continue reading »
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Sono Finito
As I am writing this I am sitting in my American home which has multiple rooms and stuff everywhere. There are appliances to do every task tha... Continue reading »
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